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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Staccato
Octet
Staff
Galliard
2. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Relative major and minor
Allegro
Part
Dissonance
3. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Quintet
Grazioso
Da Capo
Waltz
4. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Counterpoint
Quintet
Clef
Key signature
5. A short light musical drama.
Unison
Operetta
Tonic
Whole-tone scale
6. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Chorale
Falsetto
Waltz
EnharmonicInterval
7. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Gavotte
Voice
Song cycle
Tuning
8. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Leitmotif
Phrase
Musette
Requiem
9. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Relative major and minor
Nocturne
Soprano
Orchestra
10. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Chord
Counterpoint
Quartet
Tritone
11. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Finale
Introduction
Courante
Interlude
12. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Interval
Vibrato
Slide
Whole note
13. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Slur
Opera
Madrigal
Rubato
14. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Maestro
Major
Relative major and minor
Scherzo
15. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Slide
Polyphony
Scordatura
Polytonality
16. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Reed
Carol
March
Quadrille
17. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Tutti
String Quartet
Fifth
Symphony
18. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Intonation
Encore
Tutti
String Quartet
19. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Etude
Tremolo
Orchestration
Scale
20. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Renaissance
Chorus
Ensemble
Galliard
21. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Dissonance
Gavotte
Medley
Adagio
22. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Voice
Triad
String Quartet
Triplet
23. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Monotone
Nonet
Chromatic scale
Modes
24. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Rubato
Recapitulation
Leitmotif
Refrain
25. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Tonality
Polytonality
Encore
Minuet
26. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Sonata form
Ostinato
Quartet
Ensemble
27. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Slide
Hymn
Ensemble
Notation
28. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Cantabile
Neoclassical
Whole-tone scale
Etude
29. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Piano
Partial
Fourth
Phrase
30. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Orchestra
Coda
Motif
Accelerando
31. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Staccato
Homophony
Tessitura
Deceptive cadence
32. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Mezzo
Presto
Slur
Capriccio
33. Lowest female singing voice.
Dissonance
Ostinato
Contralto
Opera
34. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Cadenza
Exposition
Parody
Pitch
35. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Contralto
Portamento
Expressionism
Root
36. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Fugue
Da Capo
Triple time
Canon
37. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Tonality
Libretto
Classicism
Timbre
38. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Quadrille
Medley
Introduction
Glee
39. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Capriccio
Galliard
Part
Exposition
40. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Pastoral
Refrain
Capriccio
Tremolo
41. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Triple time
Intermezzo
Adagio
Quartet
42. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Relative pitch
Development
Trill
Leading note
43. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Falsetto
EnharmonicInterval
Forte
Octet
44. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Oratorio
Key signature
Suite
Interlude
45. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Rubato
Harmony
Relative major and minor
Polyphony
46. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Tessitura
Opera
Slide
Flat
47. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Resonance
Time Signature
Triple time
Cadenza
48. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Tessitura
Interlude
Triad
Chord
49. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Stretto
Classical
Classicism
Intermezzo
50. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Suite
Tempo
Stretto
Phrase
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